Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone

Frequently Asked Questions

Adversaries

• When Volcano Looming High uses Explosive Eruption vs Tsardom of Russia Level 2+, can they Push 1 Explorer from the origin land (when it does damage by destroying Presence) then destroy that Explorer using the thresholds of the innate that deal damage to nearby lands? Does that Push the Explorer again?
  No, and no. Actions can't destroy Invaders that were saved from destruction earlier in that same action, so the runaway Explorer is safe. And all the damage is part of a single action, so you only Push them (and generate Fear) once.

  The damage from destroying your Presence is part of the same action because the Special Rule says "When you destroy your Presence..." – it modifies how other actions work while they're happening.
  Tags: Destroy, Saved From Destruction, Action Modifiers, Damage, 25 more...
• For Scotland Level 5+, the oceans are in play for purposes of Blight only. How does that interact with Powers, Special Rules, Events, etc. that deal with Blight?
  Powers, Events, etc can add, remove, or move Blight into/out of the Ocean, or count / check it (for, e.g.: The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain). If something messing with Blight in the Ocean also does other stuff, that other stuff doesn't happen. If an Event tells you, "Do X in a land with Blight", unless X is adding more Blight, you have to choose somewhere else.

  There are currently no abilities which transform Blight, but if one existed, the resulting piece would be in an illegal state and follow those rules.
  Tags: Blight, Illegally placed pieces, Kingdom of Scotland, The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain, 7 more...

Aspects

• Can the Intensify Aspect add multiple token types with Hazards Spread Across the Island?
  No. Hazards Spread Across the Island can only add more of the chosen token you are adding, even if other tokens could have been chosen instead.

  Similarly, if a Power allows adding multiple token types in combinations you choose (e.g., Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone), Intensify can only add extras of token types that are already being added. And if you could add tokens in multiple places (e.g., Spill Bitterness into the Earth), you can only add extra tokens where you already added tokens of that type.
  Tags: Spirit tokens, Action Modifiers, Hazards Spread Across the Island, Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone, 5 more...

Effect Rules

• If a Power has a cap on the amount of Damage it can do, can Damage bonuses allow it to exceed that cap?
  Yes. The cap is on the "natural" amount of Damage the Power can do before any bonuses are applied.

  Similarly, if there is a cap on any other effect (e.g., tokens added by Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone), apply any bonuses after checking the cap.
  Tags: Badlands, Blood Draws Predators, Swallowed by the Wilderness (Lure of the Deep Wilderness), Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone, 9 more...

Power Cards

• Does Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone count Blight in the target land *and* adjacent lands, or do you have to choose?
  It counts both. "in or adjacent" would be better phrased as "in/adjacent".
  Tags: Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone

Range and Targeting

• Is a land adjacent to itself? Is it within Range 1 of itself? Can it be the nearest land to itself that meets a particular condition? Does Isolate change that?
  No, yes, yes, and no. In particular:

  • A land is never adjacent to itself, not even in particularly unusual cases.
  • A land is always at exactly Range 0 of itself, and therefore "within Range 1," "within Range 2," etc.
  • If a land meets a particular condition (e.g., "with Dahan"), it's its own "nearest land" meeting that condition.
  • Isolating a land doesn't change any of these answers, since none require checking which other lands are adjacent.

  For some practical examples:

  • It's impossible to Push a piece from a land to itself or Gather a piece from a land to itself, since those move to/from adjacent lands.
  • The threshold of "The Land Thrashes in Furious Pain" (Major Power) can't Repeat that Power on the original target land, since that land is not adjacent to itself.
  • The first threshold of "Explosive Eruption" (Volcano Looming High's left Innate Power) can deal damage in the target land (the land where the Power destroyed Presence). Also, the third and fourth thresholds of both deal damage in the target land.
  • During the Dahan Insurrection Scenario, if a City is destroyed in a land with Dahan, then "Military Response" adds a Town in that same land because there is no nearer land with Dahan.
  • "Exports Fuel Inward Growth" (The Kingdom of Scotland Level 6) adds Towns to a land with Towns/Cities even if there are no adjacent Towns/Cities (either "naturally" or due to Isolate).
    Tags: Isolate, Push, Gather, Range, 27 more...
• When a special rule grants a Range boost specifically for targeting lands with specific traits/contents, like "Shadows of the Dahan," does that apply to Range arrows within a Power's text?
  No, that bonus is specifically for choosing the target of a land-targeting Power.

  Use the Power as though the number in the "Range" box were increased or completely ignored (depending on the Range boost in question) and the extra target requirement were included in the "Target Land" box. In the case of Shadows of the Dahan, this means ignoring the Range number entirely (but not anything else in the "Range" box!) and adding "Dahan" to whatever else is already in the "Target Land" box.

  This differs from general-purpose Range boosts, which apply to all Range arrows.

  Though early printings of "Sky Stretches to Shore" use the word "targeting," the text of that Power has been revised to work like other Range-boosing Powers and is not subject to this restriction.
  Tags: Range Boosts, Shadows of the Dahan (Shadows Flicker Like Flame), Shadows Flicker Like Flame, Encircle Aspect (Sharp Fangs Behind the Leaves), 8 more...
• When choosing Beasts to move with Flocking Red-Talons, which land do you measure Range from?
  The target land. All text in land-targeting Powers is resolved in relation to the target land unless otherwise specified.
  (Discussion elsewhere)  Tags: Range, Flocking Red-Talons, Inspire the Release of Stolen Lands, Ravaged Undergrowth Slithers Back to Life, 8 more...

Spirits and Innate Powers

• When Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine uses a Power that has a Range arrow in its effect text (e.g., "Unleash a Torrent of the Self's Own Essence"), can it ignore Range to choose The Endless Dark?
  No, Breath can only ignore Range or the Range arrow in the “Range” box of a Power.

  However, Range arrows in the effect text of land-targeting Powers can measure Range from The Endless Dark to itself (e.g., to add extra tokens with the threshold of "Utter a Curse of Dread and Bone").
  Tags: Range, Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine, The Endless Dark (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), Shadow-Touched Realm (Breath of Darkness Down Your Spine), 1 more...